[temperance]

It would be nice to be able to track A1c on glucose buddy

[temperance]

Wonderful idea! Integrating it with the A1c calculator would be good but the saved estimates would have to be separate from actual lab values. I think I will start tracking mine the way you suggested though.

[shakeywith]

Hi all,

Excellent product which is so easy to use & I would agree that the recording of this after each blood test would be very useful.

[sfisher272]

Let me throw in my 2 cents here. Another problem with the GB AIC calculator is that I can't get it to give me an estimate, as yet, because it apparently wants 3 months of data to perform the calculation. I've only been using GB for the past 2 months. Why not use an initial A1c test result to start off the estimator? At least until we can accumulate enough data. Secondly, Wouldn't using real A1C results during the valid date Range of the test mean that the estimates made by the calculator would be closer to the real result as it wpouldn't have to calculate the AIC for the part where the range overlaps? Of course this is guess work on my part.

-Steve

[dano]

Steve;

You can calculate your Current A1c if you need to with this link.

[spongeb0biwan]

Just a quick note here about A1C calculations using your GB logged readings. How accurate this is (as compared to A1C testing done by your doctor or lab) is HIGHLY dependent on when exactly you take your readings

For example, I tend to take my readings shortly before it is getting towards time to eat (being concerned somewhat about low blood sugars), instead of taking them within a couple hours after I eat. As you are aware, the A1C done by the lab, measures ALL blood sugar levels throughout the whole 24 hours of every day, for approximately the past 90 days.

Therefore, as you can see in my case, those blood glucose levels that the lab A1C takes into account, are not being tested for or logged on my GB. Consequently, the A1C I get here on my GB, is about 1% lower then the actual A1C I get from my lab.

Alternatively, if a person tends to take their readings shortly after they eat, for the most part, they are probably likely to get a somewhat higher A1C from the calculation here at GB, then they will on their actual lab A1C.

Perhaps this is already obvious to everybody, but I thought it would be worth noting just in case.

[dano]

A 1% deficit is a very good return, on the A1c calculations, based on an average blood glucose level wouldn't you say?